Prince Bertram The Bad, a well-known nom de les enfants terrible for Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, makes his bid on the world by being mean, naughty and nasty, while sometimes being naughty, mean and nasty, but more often times being nasty, mean and naughty. He shoots down his own theory for being the writer of Shakespeare’s plays by shooting down a witch in his play. The Prince himself does redeem himself in the end.